Re: Prairie City Threatened by Fire

J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> The Cornet
> Fire which has been burning east of the Sumpter
> Valley per Jim Grigsby has likely consumed some of
> the area on Black Mtn. where Stoddard Lbr. Co.
> grades and artifacts are found.

Fires are not necessarily a disaster when searching old ROWs .... sometimes makes it easier. Losing the museum and artifacts would be a disaster.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner